151261From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Church, 12 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, January 12, 1799. “… In virtue of the privilege and authority to me given by law I do hereby appoint you to be my Aide de Camp to have and to hold all the compensations rights and authorities to the said Office annexed or appertaining so long as you shall continue therein. And I do hereby require all persons whom it may concern to obey and respect accordingly.” Letter not found. ]...
151262To Benjamin Franklin from ――― Dumont, [20 May? 1777]: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Tuesday, [May 20(?), 1777] , in English; at Mrs. Desmoulin’s, Rue des Batailles, Chaillot: Mr. Sayre, on his departure, left with me four letters and duplicates to be sent on the first two ships sailing for America, and told me to find out which vessels those would be. He introduced me to you, and I should have applied in person if I had not feared to be...
151263Thomas Jefferson to Burgess Griffin, 4 September 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
A meeting is appointed at mr Claxton’s on the lands of Yancey and Bradford , formerly a part of this tract, on Wednesday next, the 9 th inst. at 10. aclock. in the forenoon, to take depositions in the suit of mr Scott for the lands I sold Samuel Harrison . I have to request the favor of you to attend this meeting, as I wish to take your deposition as to some things which past at the resurvey &...
151264From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 27 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
By the Act of the last Session entitled “An Act supplementary to the Act making provision for the Debt of the United States,” authority is given to discharge the debts due to foreign Officers out of the monies which the President is authorised to borrow by the Act making provision for the Debt of the United States. The sum authorised to be borrowed by the last mentioned Act is 12.000.000. of...
151265[Diary entry: 29 September 1772] (Washington Papers)
29. Clear, and Warm, and without any wind.
151266Enclosure: Certificate and Passport, 28 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Justin Peter Plumard de Rieux a native of France, & nephew of Madame Bellanger of St. Germaine with whom I was acquainted, was on my return from Europe in 1789. living in the state of Virginia & has lived therein ever since; and as I have been well informed had lived there some years previous to 1789. during my absence from the state: that he...
151267The Legal Tender of Paper Money in America, 13 February 1767 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Yale University Library This paper appears to be the “Hints of Arguments” Franklin told Jackson in the letter immediately below that he had drawn up for the use of the Duke of Grafton when the proposed bill for the repeal of the Currency Act should reach the House of Lords. The subject matter of the paper, its date, and the statement that it was “presented to one of the Ministry” all...
151268From George Washington to the Inhabitants of Frederick, Maryland, 1 July 1791 (Washington Papers)
I express with great pleasure my obligations to your goodness, and my gratitude for the respectful and affectionate regard which you are pleased to manifest towards me. Your ascripition of my public services over-rates their value, and it is justice to my fellow-citizens that I should assign the eminent advantages of our political condition to another cause—their valor, wisdom, and virtue—from...
151269From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 27 July 1750 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Mr. Watson I believe wrote his Observations on my last Paper in Haste; without having first well considered the Experiments related in §17 *Of the third Letter. which still appear to me decisive in the Question; Whether the Accumulation of Electrical Fire be in the Electrified Glass, or in the Non-electric Matter connected with the Glass? and to...
151270To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Abbot Cummings, 2 September 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 7 th inst. was duly received. In some instances the Books we have procured here vary from the precise editions ordered, from the circumstance, that we considered those sent, best & cheapest; but in our orders to Europe, we have been very particular, in specifying the size and editions. We find those, which You have mentioned as not ordered, the following on your catalogue:— 49...